Stellaris Console Update 1.002 Patch Notes (PS5 Version 1.002.000)

Stellaris Console update 1.002 is now available to download on PS4 and Xbox One. According to the official Stellaris 1.002 patch notes, the latest update introduces the Infernal Species Pack with new civics, origins, traits, volcanic habitability, and the Galactic Hyperthermia crisis. Major balance reworks target Clone Army, Toxic Knights, Subterranean, and Overtuned empires. Numerous fixes improve UI, species logic, crises, and events. Today’s Stellaris Console patch 1.002 also includes stability fixes.

Stellaris 1.002 Patch Notes- November 24, 2025

Infernals Species Pack DLC

New Content

• Infernal species portraits

• Infernal ship set

• Crisis Path: Galactic Hyperthermia

• Origins: Cosmic Dawn, Red Giant

• Civics: Scorched World Heralds, Planet Forgers, Fire Cult, Galvanic Symbiosis

• Species Traits: Thermophile, Unbreakable Resolve, Shell Slag, Pyroclastic Channeling, Crucible Community, Ductile

• Volcanic Habitability and Volcanic Worlds added

• New Colossus weapon

• Two new relics

• Five Grand Archive collectibles

• New techs, buildings, events, and anomalies

Balance Adjustments

Empire Creation

• Augmentation Bazaars can now select cybernetic traits.

Clone Army

• Clone Soldier trait: +25% pop food/mineral upkeep.

• Ascended clones: +30%; Fertile clones: +10%.

• Clone Vats pop assembly reduced 25 → 20; now has food upkeep.

Knights of the Toxic God

• Reduced Knight job quest progress.

• Luminous Blades now provides +1 Admiral Level instead of removing alloy upkeep.

• Sparing the Toxic Entity unlocks toxic terraforming.

• Dimensional Manipulation Device upkeep increased.

• Knight outputs reduced by 1 unity and 1 research each.

• Rewards adjusted accordingly.

Life Seeded

• Improved rare resource features.

Overtuned

• Overtuned traits reduce pop growth by 1.5–5%.

• Pre-Planned growth adds +15% pop upkeep.

Subterranean

• Cave-Dweller penalty reduced 20% → 10%.

• All planets: +2 max districts.

Synthetic Fertility

• Identity Repository: –25% output, +20% upkeep.

Astral Actions

• Summon Dimensional Fleet summons cruisers/escorts equal to 2× explored rifts.

Planet Types

• Ecumenopolises no longer grant pop growth bonuses.

• Gaia Worlds: +15% pop growth.

Bugfixes

Localization & UI

• Corrected localization across multiple jobs, traits, and buildings.

• Shorter shipset description boxes; no overflow in non-English text.

• Event windows no longer overflow.

• Correct tooltips for recruitment, ascension UI, capitals, and icons.

Gameplay Logic

• Presapient purge policies corrected.

• Fixed issues with Reassigners, infertility groups, zombie growth, and deposit validation.

• Stasis-released pops now consume correct diets.

• Cyberization protections prevent unwanted species changes.

• Scourge expansion and Khan reinforcements fixed.

• Prethoryn planets can now be bombarded.

• Genocidal empires no longer target forbidden entities.

Events

• Mindwardens chain no longer breaks.

• Shroud delve avatar logic improved.

• Toxic terraforming unlocks correctly.

• Dimensional Fleet summoning logic corrected.

Performance

• Faster Summon Dimensional Fleet execution.

• Optimized aura calculations.

• Reduced army modifier computations.

• More efficient crisis triggers.

Stability

• Fixed crashes linked to aura graphics.

• Fixed OOS from faction approvals, megastructures, and economy desyncs.

Modding

• Added presapient purge parameters.

• Added allowed/forbidden civics for traits.

• Added genocidal hostility control flag.

• Updated species triggers and removed duplicates.

Recently, a major Stellaris Cepheus update 3.4 added new changes, bug fixes, AI, and performance improvements. Unfortunately, players are still experiencing several issues while playing the game. Today’s Stellaris version 1.002 will address a few of these issues. Read more details below.

Download free Stellaris update 1.002 on PlayStation 5.